Around 10 years ago, Paul Fairweather was invited to value ... s records,” says Fairweather. “She came down with this pink suitcase with about 50 records. I pulled out the Beatles’ White ...

On October 5th, 1962, The Beatles released their debut single to relatively little fanfare and had to wait several weeks for the record to climb its way gradually to number 17 in the UK charts.

“Pete was a very average drummer and didn’t keep good time,” he remarked in hindsight. “If Decca was to sign The Beatles, we wouldn’t have used Pete Best on the records.” Ironically, Decca would go on ...

Close to the Beatles, subject of our latest 172-page Ultimate Music Guide but never so close as ... of the narrative to announce his first solo record seems particularly striking – it’s ...

A TINY detail on a vinyl disc which had been collecting dust in a woman’s attic meant the record ... Beatles, their early works before they were famous – that tends to be where the major value ...

But American fans wanted The Beatles. The Beatles recorded all three Hollywood Bowl concerts. Capitol Records had planned an earlier live album, recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York, but the ...

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By year’s end, Capitol had sold more than 15 million Beatles records.” It continues: “60 years on, Beatlemania is timeless. The Beatles’ beacon is alight evermore, renewed with the wonder ...

There may be no happier man on the planet right now than Piers Hemmingsen. In a story that broke a few weeks ago in Billboard magazine, the Toronto-based Beatles expert announced that he had a ...

I can’t do that. Nobody ever plays on The Beatles’ records.’ I said, ‘Look, it’s my song, and I want you to play on it.’ So Eric came in, and the other guys were as good as gold ...

It doesn’t matter if you’re the biggest band of the 20th century; some of your songs just won’t resonate with audiences en masse. These five songs are some of The Beatles’ least popular ...